Israeli strikes kill 150 in Gaza as peace talks resume
Israeli and Hamas representatives will resume ceasefire talks in Qatar.
Rebel forces in Syria are building a transitional government after toppling the regime of President Bashar Assad in a lightning-quick advance across the country.
The Israel Defense Forces continues its intense airstrike and ground campaigns in Gaza, particularly in the north of the strip around several Palestinian hospitals. A latest round of peace talks to end the 15-month-old war is set to resume in Qatar.
Meanwhile, the November ceasefire in Lebanon is holding despite ongoing Israeli airstrikes on Hezbollah targets, which Israeli officials say are responses to ceasefire violations by the Iranian-backed militant group.
Tensions remain high between Israel and Iran after tit-for-tat long-range strikes in recent months and threats of further military action from both sides. The IDF and the Yemeni Houthis also continue to exchange attacks.
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Israel intercepts missile and drone from Yemen
The Israel Defense Forces said Friday that it intercepted one missile and one drone launched from Yemen, as Iran-aligned Houthi rebels there continue long-range attacks.
The incoming missile set off warning sirens, the IDF said, and was intercepted over Israeli territory. The IDF reported that shrapnel from the interception fell in the area of Modi'in in central Israel.
Some hours later, a drone was intercepted before reaching Israeli territory and thus did not set off any air alerts, the IDF said.
The Houthis have vowed to continue their attacks on Israel and on shipping in nearby waters until the IDF withdraws from Gaza.
Israel has launched several rounds of airstrikes on targets in Yemen in response to Houthi attacks.
In the most recent, Israel attacked Yemen's main airport -- and destroyed its control tower -- in the capital Sanaa. The bombs fell while the United Nations' coordinator for Yemen and the head of the World Health Organization were on site waiting to depart the airport.
The U.S. and U.K. -- supported by other allies -- began bombing Houthi targets in Yemen in January in response to attacks on regional commercial and military shipping.
Director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Israeli custody: IDF
Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, is in the custody of Israeli authorities, according to a statement to ABC News from the Israeli Defense Forces.
Abu Safiya was "apprehended for suspected involvement in terrorist activities and for holding a rank in the Hamas terror organization," the Israeli military said in the statement. The doctor is "currently being investigated by Israeli security forces," the statement said.
The IDF has said Hamas and Islamic Jihad operatives were hiding inside Kamal Adwan Hospital.
Abu Safiya was allegedly arrested by IDF forces on Dec. 27 when Israeli forces conducted a raid on the hospital, Amnesty International Secretary General Agnes Callamard said in a post on X Tuesday.
-ABC News' Ellie Kaufman, Anna Burd and Dana Savir
At least 85 killed in strikes across Gaza Strip
On the second day of the New Year, at least 85 people were killed in various attacks across the Gaza Strip, Gaza medical sources told ABC News.
Israel Defense Forces conducted an airstrike in "the humanitarian area in Khan Yunis," and killed "the head of Hamas Internal Security Forces in the southern Gaza Strip," Hassam Shahwan in the strike, the IDF said in a release Thursday.
The IDF also conducted an airstrike "on Hamas terrorists who were operating in a control and command center," in the humanitarian area in Khan Yunis, the IDF said.
-ABC News' Sami Zyara and Diaa Ostaz
Israel intercepts missile from Yemen, threatens Houthi leaders
A missile launched from Yemen was intercepted by Israeli air forces, the Israel Defense Forces said in a Monday night statement, amid continued Israeli and Houthi long-range attacks.
Sirens sounded "due to the possibility of falling shrapnel from the interception," the IDF said.
The latest missile launch came shortly after Danny Danon -- Israel's ambassador to the United Nations -- said Israelis "have had enough" of attacks from the Houthis in Yemen, ongoing since October 2023 in protest of Israel's war in Gaza.
"Israel will not stand by waiting for the world to act," Danon said.
Addressing the Houthi leadership, he added, "Let me remind you what happened to Hamas, to Hezbollah, to [former Syrian President Bashar] Assad and to all those who thought to destroy us."
"This is not a threat, it is a promise," Danon said. "You will share the same miserable fate."
-ABC News' Will Gretsky, Dana Savir and Ellie Kaufman